bbeed



(No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet 1'. J. W. BREED.

ROAD CART.

o. 291,488. Patented Ja 8, 1884.

a 8 III! lbx; 8 1 8 n m I t 8 "Till:

J XXXXk x X +4 X FFOVQ (No Model.) a Shets-Sheet 2.

J, W. BREED ROAD CART. No. 291,488. r Patented Jan. 8, 1884 for 3Sheets-Sheet 3,

, Pa,tented Jan. 8, 1884.

agnpher, Washingtun. n, c.

J. w; BREED. ROAD CART (N o Mo del.)

j No. 291.488.

U ITED STATES PATENT muc onson w. BREED, or CINCINNATI, 01110, nssienonro rnnnnnnson &

I. FISHER COMPANY, or SAME PLACE.

ROAD-CART.

SBEGIFIGATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 291,488, dated January8,1884.

Application filed January 12, 1SF3. (So model.)

foall whom/ it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JUnsoNW. BREED, of I the city of Cincinnati, in thecounty of Hamilton and State of Ohio,have invented certain new andusefulImprovements in Road-Carts,

of which the IOlIOWiIlg is a specification. I

The object of my invention is to provide a two-wheeled vehicle the bodyof which shall be supported by side bars, which latter are so suspendedand supported that the body shall be relieved from jar of the axle. Bymy invention I am enabled to employ, in a twowheeled vehicle, a bodysimilar to those employed for four-wheeled vehicles, and this body is sosuspended from side bars as to receive butvery little of the jar of theaxle. Referring to the drawings forming part of this specification,Figure l is a side elevation of the vehicle. Fig. 2 is. a top plan ofthesame. Fig. 3 is arear elevation of the same, showing one method ofconnecting the side and end bars and the body. Fig. at is abottoni planView, showing the same construction and arrangement as are shown inthepreceding figures. Figs. 5 and 6 show the preferred kinds ofmechanism for supporting the ends of the side bars either above orbelowthe end bars. Fig. 7 is a rear elevation, representing thepreferred method of establishing a springconnection between the end barsand the platform or frame. Figs. 8 and 9 represent methods ofestablishing a spring-connection between the side bars and the end bars.

In the present instance I have, for the purpose of illustration, shownthe body of the vehicle as being connected to the side bars by springsknown as the Edward Storm. spring; but it will be obvious that variousformsof springs other than this may be employed, or in the constructionshown in Figs. 7, 8, and 9 rigid body-loops may be employed.

In the drawings, A represents the axle,which is supported by the twowheels A, and to this axle, near each wheel, is secured a bracket, (4,the connection being made by appropriate clips. The rear ends of thethills B are secured to the top of these brackets, extending backward ashort distance beyond thebrackets, the extreme rear ends of the thillsbeing connected by an end bar, b, another bar, b, connecting the thillsin front of the axle. The ends of the bars b b may be rigidly connectedto the rear portions of the thills B; or, if desired, a spring may beinterposed, as shown in' Fig. 7, which figure will be more fully herein5 5 after described. The rear portions of the thills B, when supportedon the brackets a, form a platform or frame, which I will designate bythe letter O, to which the spring mechanism is directly or indirectlyconnected.

'To the end bars, I) b, are connected the front and rear ends of theside bars, D, which lie parallel to the length of the platform 0. Theseside bars may, as before stated, be rigidly connected to the end bars,or they may be con- 6 nected by an interposed spring, as shown in' Figs.8 and 9. Vhen rigidly connected, the ends of the side bars may besecured directly to the end bars, as shown in Fig. 3; or, if it isdesired to hang the body higher or lower, as" 0 the case may be, theside bars are secured to the end bars by means of brackets (Z, orequivalent connections raised above the end bar, as in Fig. 5, orsuspended below it, as in Fig. 6, the side bars being connected to thesebrackets 7 5 by clips d. The body E is suspended to the side bars, D, bymeans of the springs or body-loops e. By the construction shown in Figs.1, 2, 3,.and 4,- the body must receive the greater portion of 80 itsspring from thespring-connection ebetween it and the side bars, D; but agreat amount of the concussion of the vehicle traveling over the groundis deadened, for the reason that the side bars have no direct connectionto the axle, 8 5 but are connected thereto through the interposition ofthe end bars and the platform 0. These side bars, being connected attheir ends to the end bars, admit of a slight amount of spring motion.If, however, it is desired that 0 the body E be rendered capable ofreceiving a greater amount of springmotion, the construction andarrangement shown in Figs. 7, 8, or Qmay be employed.

In Fig. 7 the end bars, b b, are not con- 9 5 nected directly to theplatform 0, resting instead upon semi-elliptical springs F, the ends ofwhich are connected to the platform 0, or,

in other words, to the rear portions of the thills B. In this figure theends of the side bars are connected directly to the end bars, and thelatter, resting upon the springs F, are free to vibrate up and down.

In the construction shown in Fig. 8 the ends of the 'end bars, I) b, aresecured rigidly to the platform 0 by means of stirrups f, to enablethese bars to be dropped below the platform 0.. To the upper side ofthese end bars are secured the semi-elliptical springs G, the connectionbeing made at the center of the springs, their ends being raisedslightly above the bars, and upon" these ends rest and are secured theends of the side bars, D.

Instead of the spring G, bolsters may be employed in the same situation,the bolsters being connected at their centers to the end bars, theirends being slightly raised, as in an ordinary bolster. The end bars arein this case immovable, but the side bars are free to vibrate up ordown.

Instead of connecting the springs G to the upper side of the end bars,they may be connected to the lower sides, as shown in Fig. 9, the endbars being raised and supported above the platform 0 instead of beingdepressed belowit, as in Fig. 8, the principle of construction andoperation of the devices in both of these figures being identical.

, It will be observed from the foregoing description that the side barsare supported at each end, thus giving a firm support to the body,preventing any rocking or tilting, and

yet allowing a free vibrating motion, preventing anyjar frombeingimparted to the body from the axle.

, It will also be observed that the thrills B have no connection withthe body, which relieves the body from any jerking motion caused by themovements of the horse.

The usual single-tree,g, is pivoted to the front bar, b, and a suitablestop, H, is connected to the platform 0 at the front end of the body tofacilitate ingress to and egress from the vehicle.

Having thus described my invention, what I. claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

, 1. In a two-wheeled vehicle, thebodyE, connected to the side bars, D,the latter being con- 2. In a two-wheeled vehicle, the body E, con- 5 5nected to the side bars, D, thelatter being connected at their ends tothe end bars, I) b, said end bars being supported by the platform 0,

connected to the axle, substantially as and for the purposes specified.6o

In a two-wheeled vehicle, the platform 0, connected to the axle by meansof brackets a, and having the thills B, connected to the front end ofsaid platform, in combination with the body E and side bars, D, thelatter being connected at their ends to the platform 0, and the bodybeing conneetedto the side bars by spring connections a, substantiallyas and for the purposes specified.

, 4. In a two-wheeled "ehicle, the axleA and 0 platform or frame 0,formed by the rear ends of the thills, and secured to the axle bybrackets a, in combination with the side bars, D, and end bars, I) b,the latter being connected to the platform 0, and the side bars beingeonnccted to the end bars, substantially as and for the purposesspecified.

5. In a two-wheeled vehicle, the axle A and platform 0, the lattersecured to the axle by brackets a, in combination with the end bars, 80b b, secured rigidly to the platform, and the side bars, D, rigidlysecured at their ends to the end bars, and the body E, suspended fromthe side bars by suitable springs, e, substantially as and for thepurposes specified. S 5

6. The combination of the end bars, bb, and the side bars, D, secured tosaid end bars by ineans of the brackets or stirrups d, raised above ordepressed below the end bars, substantially as and for the purposesspecified.

7 The combination of the end bars, bb, connected to the platform 0, andthe side bars, D, connected to the end bars by means of the brackets dand clips d, the brackets being raised above or depressed below the endbars, 5 and the body E, connected to the side bars by spring-connectionse, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

JUDSON \V. BREED.

\Vi t ness es:

.T. A. IVIACKEY, J. War. STREHLI.

